Procurement Director

Our client is a globally renowned FMCG (approx. 850m turnover in 2019), based out of the City of London, who are currently looking to appoint a Procurement Director to head up their London office’s procurement function, reporting directly into the Chief Financial Officer. This is a permanent role, paying £155,000pa + up to 20% bonus – depending on performance.

Initially, the role would require the successful candidate to commute to the London office 5 days a week (as soon as this becomes legally acceptable, in compliance with the current government guidelines). However, after 3-6 months, our client has confirmed that a degree of flexibility will be made possible.

In this senior leadership role, you will responsible for a team of 14 – including buyers, category, sourcing and procurement managers – who will be reporting directly into you. You will be responsible for both direct and indirect procurement, with the overarching goal being to maintain a smooth cost reduction program. It will be up to the successful candidate to ensure the organization’s procurement, purchasing and sourcing capability is outstanding, by reducing the business’s overall purchasing spend, without compromising the standard and reliability of supply.

As the Procurement Director, you will be responsible for:

• The development, leadership and motivation for every member of the current Procurement team, ensuring the overall function continues to maintain the highest procurement standards.
• Implementing a procurement system which guarantees cost-reduction, on an annual basis.
• Leading contract negotiations with essential internal stakeholders.
• Maintaining necessary market intelligence capabilities within the procurement team, ensuring their knowledge of the concerned markets and solutions are exemplary.
• Be ready to adapt and adjust procurement strategies, based on evolving market conditions.
• All forms of supplier negotiations, on both the national and global scale.

The candidates who stand the best chance at advancing through the interview process are one’s who have had prior experience in senior leadership roles within the procurement space. Notably, candidates who have worked within blue-chip, multinational corporations. However, this is not an absolute necessity.